iPad4Lawyers – War of the PDF Apps: Who’s the Winner?

Tom Mighell:

Last week my friend and fellow iPhone/iPad addict Jeff Richardson gave a great review of PDF Expert.  He liked it, but not as much as his current favorite PDF annotation tool, PDF Pen.  I thought I would put both of these apps through their paces, along with iAnnotate PDF and Adobe Reader, which has long been the standard for PDF review and annotation on your desktop or laptop.

I decided to use the same document in each case – I chose a simple W-9 form, because it would also give the opportunity to test and show the form-filling and signature features of each app. I’ll fill out the form to send to my client for him to sign.  I initially placed the form in the Downloads folder in my Dropbox account on my desktop.  How did the form fare in each app?  Here we go….

Click here for comparison, with very helpful graphics and “hands on comparison”.

Screencast: “Using Dropbox for Phone Messages” by Keith Preston

Read entire article from Keith Preston.

Keith Preston:  This screencast is about a way to have a computer based messaging system using tools you may already have and then using the free version of Dropbox to implement it.

Reentry Resource Center – New York

Reentry Net/NY is a support network and information clearinghouse on prison and jail reentry, and the consequences of criminal proceedings in New York State. Attorneys, social service providers, policy advocates, individuals with criminal records, family and community members are encouraged to join for full access to the online resource library, monthly mailings, and calendar updates.

Quick Links to Issue Areas

For Employment Advocates

For Housing Attorneys

For Reentry Case Managers and Discharge Planners

Padilla v. Kentucky Compliance Guide

The People’s Guide to The Consequences of Criminal Charges

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Most Popular Resources

Attorney’s manual on collateral consequences of criminal proceedings

Reference charts of immigration consequences of pleas and convictions

Sample letters educating employers about the employment rights of people with criminal records

Overviews of criminal procedure and glossary of criminal law terminology

Resources and Application Forms for Certificates of Relief from Disability and Certificates of Good Conduct

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DOL late to issue new FMLA forms: What employers can do | HR Morning | Your daily dose of HR

Read more about using outdated FMLA forms.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has suggested employers add the following language in forms when requesting health-related information from an employee:

The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA) prohibits employers and other entities covered by GINA Title II from requesting or requiring genetic information of an individual or family member of the individual, except as specifically allowed by this law. To comply with this law, we are asking that you not provide any genetic information when responding to this request for medical information. ‘Genetic Information’ as defined by GINA includes an individual’s family medical history, the results of an individual’s or family member’s genetic tests, the fact that an individual or an individual’s family member sought or received genetic services, and genetic information of a fetus carried by an individual or an individual’s family member or an embryo lawfully held by an individual or family member receiving assistive reproductive services.

ABCNY: Providing For Your Pets In The Event of Your Death or Hospitalization

 

Planning for Your Pets in Your Will

Designating Caretakers
Providing Funds for Pet Care
Designating a Shelter or Charitable Organization To Care for Your Pets
Making a Conditional Bequest
Establishing a Pet Trust
Providing for Euthanasia If Care takers Cannot Be Found
Providing Funds for Pet Care During The Transitional Period
Planning for Short-Term Pet Care
Arranging for a Shelter or Charitable Organization to Provide Short-Term Care
Emergency Instructions
Providing Copies of Instructions to an Executor

Samples
Sample Will Provision I
Sample Will Provision II
Sample Will Provision III
Sample Will Provision IV
Sample Will Provision V
Sample Testamentary Trust for the Care of Dogs and Cats
Sample Testamentary Trust for the Care of Horses and Farm Animals
Sample Note to Carry in Wallet Regarding Emergency Care of Pets

 

 

Related articles

• Estate Plans Should Include Provisions for Pets (forbes.com)

Drilling Down: Archive of Oil and Gas Leases – Document – NYTimes.com

The New York Times has collected more than 111,000 oil and gas leases and related documents through open records requests made to more than six dozen counties with rich natural gas prospects. Over 100,000 of the documents in the archive are from Tarrant County, Tex., roughly 3,200 are from New York, and the remainder are from states including Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Related Article »

Click here for access to the NYTIMES archive.

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• Learning Too Late of Perils in Gas Well Leases – New York Times(nytimes.com)
• Drilling Down: Layman’s Guide to Lease Terms (nytimes.com)
• Bucks Blog: Friday Reading: A Layman’s Guide to Oil and Gas Leases(bucks.blogs.nytimes.com)
• Rush to Drill for Gas Creates Mortgage Conflicts – NYTimes.com(policyabcs.wordpress.com)

CiteThisForMe – The Harvard Referencing Generator

CiteThisForMe

http://www.citethisforme.com/

Creating a bibliography or set of references used to be quite time consuming, however a number of free programs and applications have helped make this process much simpler. One such application is CiteThisForMe, which allows users to create their own references via this handy form. CiteThisForMe uses the Harvard referencing style, and visitors just need to enter a number of details to create each reference. Visitors have the option to cite a book, newspaper, journal, website, or other type of source. This version is compatible with all operating systems.

 

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From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2011. http://scout.wisc.edu/

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NYSERDA: Agriculture Disaster Program

PON 2422 Agriculture Disaster Program

 

Description

The Agriculture Disaster Program is available to assist farms and on-farm producers in New York State damaged by Hurricane Irene and/or Tropical Storm Lee. Many New York State farms sustained significant damage by the recent storms and existing aid is primarily focused on crops and soil conservation. Under this program, $4,175,000 is available to provide financial assistance toward projects replacing and installing a farm’s electric and natural gas distribution and use equipment and systems damaged during the storms in non-residential facilities.

Covered equipment includes pumps, compressors, lighting, HVAC, chillers, refrigeration, commercial washers and some natural gas (limited to 10% of total). Farm residences are not covered.

The funds will be dispensed on a first come first served basis.  Limit is $100,000 per farm. The details are covered in the attached NYSERDA program description .

 

 

• Summary  [PDF]
• Attachment A - Application [PDF]
• Attachment B - Terms and Conditions [PDF]

 

Related articles

• Cuomo Creates $15 million Fund For Irene Damaged Farms In NY(newyork.cbslocal.com)
• Vilsack says Farm Bill must improve disaster aid(seattletimes.nwsource.com)

Fillable Forms For iPad-Randy Singer (MacAttorney)

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I’ve been asked several times by attorneys if it is possible to create

form templates, upload them to your iPad, fill them out on your iPad,

and then print them or transfer them to your Macintosh. There are a

bunch of products now that will allow you to do this.

You can create fillable forms for the iPad with:

FormEntry

http://www.widgetpress.com/formentry

TapForms

http://www.tapforms.com/
http://itunes.apple.com/app/tap-forms-hd-database-for-ipad/id410500116?mt=8

FormConnect

http://www.formconnections.com/

Cirrus

http://www.archonapps.com/aa/Archon_Cirrus_i.htm

iFormBuilder

http://www.iformbuilder.com/

FMTouch

http://www.fmtouch.com/index.php

Mi-Co

http://www.mi-corporation.com/page.php?pageid=13

QuickOffice

http://quickoffice.ideascale.com/a/dtd/25196-5219

Cellica

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cellica-database-for-ipad/id407749535?mt=8
http://www.cellica.com/products.html#

PDF Expert

http://readdle.com/products/pdf_expert_ipad/

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Randy B. Singer  •  Attorney at Law

Mac OS X Routine Maintenance  •

http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html

Divorce Cases Are Complicated by New Maintenance Rules-NYLJ

ALBANY – A new system for calculating interim maintenance awards in matrimonial actions, adopted last year to make no-fault divorce more palatable, is under fire from many attorneys who say it is confusing, and potentially inequitable.

Several matrimonial lawyers said the new rules are so rigid that they have taken from judges the discretion to decide fair temporary payments while divorce actions are pending.

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But more and more lower court opinions have tackled the statute’s anomalies.

In Scott M. v. Ilona M., 31 Misc. 3d 353, 915 N.Y.S. 2d 834 (2011), for instance, Justice Sunshine deviated from the guidelines by ruling that the temporary maintenance total was inadequate to meet the expenses of a wife and the couple’s child, and he increased the amount, as well as awarded attorney’s fees to the woman’s attorney (NYLJ, Feb. 1).

Other cases, including J.H. v. W.H., 31 Misc.3d 1203(A), 2011 WL 1158653, and Jill G. v. Jeffrey G., 31 Misc.3d 1209(A), 2011 WL 1364481, have explored questions of how attorney’s fees, child support and tax consequences should factor into the temporary maintenance formulas.

Meanwhile, court administrators have supplied judges and litigants with an eight-page online worksheet for calculating an appropriate maintenance award.

http://www.nycourts.gov/divorce/TMG-Worksheet.PDF

http://www.nycourts.gov/divorce/calculator.pdfRead the entire NYLJ article by Joel Stashenko here.